Penning Photography Daily

Johanna is about 17 years old, maybe older.

She’s become much more affectionate and wanting to be stroked lately. Her penchant is to jump up in my lap and look up at me as if to say “scratch my head please.” Sometimes the please is left out.

She still gets around quite well. Still sleeps much of the time, or I should say, catnaps. This desire to be near and to feel the hand on her in our gentle touch is new. Perhaps she is getting close to her natural end of life and wanting to get as much comfort in while she can. Who knows, with cats?

It’s a very cold day here today. A Sunday afternoon and the sun is shining without a cloud in the sky, but the temperature at 19 degrees F (-7 C) and a wind chill of 5 F (-15 C), Brrrrrrrrrr.

Johanna doesn’t spend much time in the window, even wiht the sunlight streaming. She’s wrapped up in a ball, in Karen’s chair, in front of the output of a heater.

Johanna knows where comfort is found!